I.a drinking, a drink, draught, abstr. and concr. (class.).
I. In gen.
(α).
Abstr.: “in mediā potione,” Cic. Clu. 10, 30; cf.: “contemptissimis escis et potionibus,” id. Fin. 2, 28, 90.—
(β).
Concr.: “cum cibo et potione fames sitisque depulsa est,” Cic. Fin. 1, 11, 37: “multo cibo et potione completi,” id. Tusc. 5, 35, 100: “cibus et potio,” Varr. R. R. 1, 1, 5: “A POTIONE,” a cup-bearer, Inscr. Grut. 578, 1.—
II. In partic.
A. A poisonous draught: “potione mulierem sustulit,” Cic. Clu. 14, 40; cf.: potio mortis causa data. Quint. Decl. 350: “haec potio torquet,” Juv. 6, 624.—
B. A draught or potion given by physicians: “dare potionis aliquid,” Plaut. Men. 5, 5, 21: “potiones ad id efficaces,” Cels. 4, 8.—
C. A magic potion, philter (poet.), Hor. Epod. 5, 73.—
III. Trop.: nam mihi jam intus potione juncea onerabo gulam, load my throat with a draught of rushes, i. e. hang myself with a rope of rushes, Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 56.
